Nursing nipple



I May 23, 1933. s, E 1,910,970

NURSING NIPPLE I Filed Jan. 50, 1932 In venior l JA/Wl/EL JcwE/v/vfL.

A Home y Patented May 23,

UNITED STATES SAMUEL SCI-IENKEL, or n tooxnxnlnnvvronkg i NURSING nirrtn Application filed January 30, 193a? Serial -No. 89,923. 1 i

tached when they are carried thereby. This condition necessitates the provision of separate stoppers or closing means for the bottle when the same are to be transported with the fluid contents therein, or if this practice is not followed, the fluid contents are likely tobe discharged from the bottle to the nursing nipple during transportation thus causing considerable inconvenience. It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a closing means fornursing bottles which means is incorporated with a nursing nipple.

It is a further object of the invention so to construct a nursing nipple that it may be attached to a nursing bottle in such a manner as to completely close the same and prevent discharge of contents therefrom.

It is a still further object of the invention so. to construct such a device that it will be of a highly sanitary character, cheap to manufacture, and easily manipulated.

With the above and other objects in view, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a nursing bottle illustrating a nipple constructed in accordance with one form of the present invention attached thereto in bottle closing position,

Figure 2, is a detail sectional view of the bottle and nipple taken on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3, is a viewin side elevation of that form of the nipple illustrated in Figures l and 2, and; I

Figure 4, is a fra mentary sectional view illustrating a modi ed form of the invention.

Referring again to the drawing, and particularly to Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the reference character 5 designates a nursing bottle having a neckfi and a discharge mouth 7 all of which may be of standard or conventional construction. a

the mouth of a nursing bottle and through use the" nipple, it is removed and postioned The reference character 10 designates a nursing nipple. constructed in accordance With the present invention and. said nipple has the usual dlscharge openingl l in its contracted end and amelatively large but- 5 tle mouth receiving opening 12 defined. by a reinforced ortijon; forming gbead 13 by neansof wiich the nipple may be secured to the neckyof the bottle. y

In. accordance with the presentinvention, f I provide upon the side of the main body portion of the nipple 10 a recess 15. This recess 15 is preferably formed of the same material from which the nipplefis formed and is o'f a. resilient nature. The recess 6,?

has side walls lfiithe edgeofwhich is de;

fined by ahead or thelike li and the recess. has a bottom wall 18 which serves to bridge and close the discharge mouth 7 of the nursing bottlewhenthe device is placed thereon as'illustratedlfin Figures 1 and 2.

p this form of the invention itfis. onl necessaryto stretch or distend the sidewal s of the f recess 15 and place the same. about the mediuin of their] own resiliency, the side walls Willdnaintainthe nipple in bottle closing positionin which position it is shown in Figures 1 and2i When it is desired to upon the bottle in the ordinary manner. In Figure 4 of the drawing, Ihave illustrated a modified form of the invention and in this form, the device includes a main body portion 20 having the ordinary contracted end 21 and enlarged ends 2-2 for attachment to a bottle. In this last mentioned form of the invention, however, the bottle closing means is in the form of a stopper 23 which stopper comprises preferably a solid plug projecting laterally from the side of the main body portion of the nipple. The plug 23 which forms the stopper is preferably formed integral with the body portion 20 of the nipple and 95 is preferably located near the open end thereof although the specific location of this stopper is not an important part of the present invention so long as the stopper is of sufficient length to enter and close the dis- 1 09 charge mouth of a nursing bottle, and is so positioned with respect to the main body portion of the nipple as to be freely receivable within the discharge mouth of a nursing bottle. a

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that the present invention provides a combined nursing nipple and bottle closing means combined in a single article of manufacture and that the nipple may be used either for the purpose of discharging the contents of the bottle in the ordinaryman- I I ner, or to completely close the same during transportation of the .bottle and when in this latter position, prevent accidental discharge of the contents of the bottle. I

While the invention has been herein illustrated in a preferred form, it is to be understood that it is not to be limited to the specific construction herein shown, and may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States, is: V

1. A nursing nipple comprising a hollow body formed of thin stretchable material and having an open end adapted to receive the neck of a nursing bottle, and a nursing bottle closure formed of the same material and integral with the nursing nipple, and projecting from the side thereof.

2. A'nursing nipple comprising a hollow body formed of thin stretchable material and having an open end adapted to receive the neck of a nursing bottle, and a nursing bottle closure formed of the same material and integral with the nursing nipple, and projecting from the side thereof, said nursing bottle closure comprising a projecting integral flange defined by a bead.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

SAMUEL SCHENKEL. 

